Russia has signaled intent to end 'current phase' of invasion, cut losses with Kherson referendum: expert

Fox News senior strategic analyst reacts Putin's 'Victory Day' speech amid NATO fears of a stalemate in the conflict.Russia has potentially signaled intent to end the invasion of Ukraine and integrate the Kherson region, an intelligence expert told Fox News Digital. NATO COUNTRY IS ALLOWING NATIONALS TO JOIN UKRAINE'S ARMY, FIGHT RUSSIARussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that completion of the "special operation" would stop the West’s attempts to "promote a unipolar world," which Lavrov defined as "attempts to undermine international law." Lavrov repeated the same talking points Moscow has pushed since before the invasion started, claiming that Russia's intent behind the invasion was to protect "the inhabitants of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics from the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime" and ensure "the West will not build a military threat to the security of the Russian Federation from the territory of Ukraine." UKRAINE DIVERTS SOME RUSSIAN GAS FLOWS AS ASSAULT CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST"This is the first time, since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, that such a senior Russian official mentioned the idea of ending the ‘special operation,’" Koffler said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Realizing he can’t win the war – as long as the U.S. and NATO are providing formidable weaponry and real-time intelligence to Ukraine – Putin is probably considering cutting his losses and ending the operation at this stage," Koffler said.